2000 Excite 500

Race 9 of 9

Texas
208 laps
Time of race: 1:43:35.926
Average speed of winner: 175.276 mph
Margin of victory: 0.140 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 24 laps
Fastest lap: Jaques Lazier 216.205
Lap leaders: Goodyear 1, Unser, Jr. 2-33, Goodyear 34-48, Unser, Jr. 49, J. Lazier 50, Sharp 51-52, Unser, Jr. 53-100, Goodyear 101-103, Unser, Jr. 104-121, Cheever 122-135, Goodyear 136-143, Buhl 144-145, Boat 146, Goodyear 147-156, B. Lazier 157-194, Cheever 195-206, Goodyear 207-208

Race notes: Last win for Scott Goodyear. Finale for Stevie Reeves and J.J. Yeley. Only start for Zak Morioka.

Video links: Most of race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	214.391	208	6	39	running	123700	52
2	10	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	211.483	208	2	26	running	86850	40
3	22	Billy Boat	81	Team Pelfrey	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey	209.763	208	1	1	running	73750	35
4	6	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet/Coors Light/Tae-Bo/Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	212.305	208	1	38	running	56100	32
5	21	Eliseo Salazar	11	Rio A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	209.805	207	0	0	running	50700	30
6	16	Donnie Beechler	98	Cahill Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	210.827	207	0	0	running	45300	28
7	15	Shigeaki Hattori	55	EPSON	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	210.928	207	0	0	running	59200	26
8	3	Jeff Ward	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	213.074	207	0	0	running	43100	25
9	17	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	210.480	207	0	0	running	43100	22
10	12	Jaques Lazier	16	Nabisco/TeamXtreme/G Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	210.997	207	1	1	running	20000	20
11	13	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing Cummins Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	210.971	206	0	0	running	18900	19
12	19	Airton Daré	88	Uproar.com/TeamXtreme Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	209.965	205	0	0	running	39800	18
13	24	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems/WorldCom	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	208.619	200	1	2	running	38800	17
14	11	Mark Dismore	28	On Star/Bryant Heating & Cooling/GM BuyPower	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	211.312	189	0	0	running	37600	16
15	25	Zak Morioka	21	Revista Motors/Tri Star Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Tri-Star	207.585	187	0	0	accident	14600	15
16	14	Jeret Schroeder	6	Kroger/Tristarmall.com	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Tri-Star	210.928	165	0	0	running	35500	14
17	4	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles ECR Racing Tickets.com Starz Superpak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	212.633	155	4	99	clutch	54300	15
18	5	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	212.340	148	1	2	engine	34300	12
19	7	Davey Hamilton	43	Western Star Trucks/PetroMoly Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	212.254	140	0	0	wheel bearing	11300	11
20	23	Stéphan Grégoire	7	Team Mexmil/Tokheim/Viking Air Tools/Cigarette	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Simon	208.752	116	0	0	running	32200	10
21	20	Jimmy Kite	27	National Sports Management/ Blueprint Racing Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	209.931	89	0	0	engine	10200	9
22	26	Stevie Reeves	19	Logan Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Logan	206.099	80	0	0	engine	10200	8
23	9	Tyce Carlson	20	Hubbard Racing Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hubbard-Immke	211.662	67	0	0	engine	32200	7
24	8	Robby McGehee	5	Broadband Investment Group	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	211.996	62	0	0	electrical	32200	6
25	27	J.J. Yeley	30	WorldBestBuy.com/Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	203.149	27	0	0	oil pressure	10200	5
26	1	Greg Ray	1	Conseco/Quaker State/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	215.352	18	0	0	electrical	44700	7
27	18	Sam Hornish, Jr.	18	Uniden Bearcat Scanners	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	PDM	209.974	8	0	0	engine	32200	3

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Buddy Lazier	290	9	0	2	6	7
2	Scott Goodyear	272	9	1	1	5	6
3	Eddie Cheever	257	9	0	1	5	7
4	Eliseo Salazar	210	9	0	0	4	6
5	Mark Dismore	202	9	1	0	2	3
6	Donnie Beechler	202	9	0	0	3	6
7	Scott Sharp	196	9	0	1	3	4
8	Robbie Buhl	190	9	0	1	2	4
9	Al Unser, Jr.	188	9	0	1	3	5
10	Billy Boat	181	10	0	0	1	5
11	Jeff Ward	176	9	0	0	1	4
12	Robby McGehee	174	9	0	0	2	4
13	Greg Ray	172	9	5	1	1	3
14	Stéphan Grégoire	171	9	0	0	1	5
15	Buzz Calkins	145	9	0	0	1	3
16	Airton Daré	142	9	0	0	1	2
17	Jeret Schroeder	136	9	0	0	1	2
18	Sarah Fisher	124	8	0	0	1	1
19	Tyce Carlson	124	8	0	0	0	1
20	Jaques Lazier	112	7	0	0	0	3
21	Sam Hornish, Jr.	110	8	0	0	1	2
22	Shigeaki Hattori	109	5	0	0	0	4
23	Davey Hamilton	98	9	0	0	0	0
24	Jimmy Kite	79	8	0	0	0	0
25	Juan Pablo Montoya	54	1	0	1	1	1